While the publisher continues to “explore” new ways to resurrect the furry hero, though, you may be interested in this fan project. Unimaginatively dubbed Crash Bandicoot: Crystal’s Wrath, the PC title’s being created by a group of amateur game developers who simply have a fondness for Naughty Dog’s classic PSone platformers.

According to the team’s official Tumblr blog, the independent adventure’s set to spin online sometime later this year. Considering its non-existent development budget, we reckon that the sample level embedded below looks solid. And, honestly, even if it sucks, it’s probably the best that you’re going to get.

Holy crap! That was like crash bandicoots nightmare! What was that thing at the end!? Honestly, this just makes me want to play the original. There is so much i could say about this, but my mind is blown.

Sony deserves the Crash Bandicoot IP, especially since NaughtyDog is a 1st/2nd Party. Insomniac deserves the Spyro IP too, and if not Insomniac then Sony. Funny, I've only ever played demos of these games.